Holliday · Texas · 1867 voter registration

Holliday in the 1867 Texas voter registration: 8 freedmen

8 freedmen named Holliday registered to vote in Texas between 1867 and 1870. Most registered in Brazos County (4), Austin County (2) and Guadalupe County (1). The birthplaces they reported most often were Virginia and Maryland. The earliest of them reached Texas about 1851.

Map of Texas counties in 1870 with the counties where the Hollidays registered highlighted
Counties where freedmen named Holliday registered, on the 1870 county map
8
Freedmen
4
Counties
Virginia
Largest birthplace
1851
Earliest arrival
1850s
Fullest decade

Where the Hollidays registered

Texas counties where the Hollidays registered
CountyFreedmen%
Brazos County450%
Austin County225%
Guadalupe County113%
Walker County113%

Where the Hollidays were born

Birthplaces the Hollidays reported
BirthplaceFreedmen%
Virginia375%
Maryland125%

When the Hollidays reached Texas

Reported arrival decades for the Hollidays
DecadeFreedmen
1850s
5
1860s
3

Every Holliday in the register

The Hollidays in the register, 1 to 8 of 8
NameCountyBirthplaceReached Texas
Abraham HollidayAustin CountyVirginia1859
Febld HollidayBrazos County1864
Gilbert HollidayWalker CountyVirginia
John HollidayAustin CountyVirginia1859
John HollidayGuadalupe CountyMaryland1866
King HollidayBrazos County1851
Wesley HollidayBrazos County1851
William HollidayBrazos County1857

Holliday genealogy in Texas

How do I find an ancestor named Holliday in Texas?

Start with the county: this is African American genealogy from the register itself. Brazos County holds 4 of the 8, Austin County 2. Open a name to read the original handwritten register page and the names written around it. Names were written in more than one form, so try the sound of the name as well as its letters.

Where did the Hollidays in Texas come from?

They reported Virginia (3) and Maryland (1) as their birthplaces most often. These are the answers the men themselves gave a board of registrars between 1867 and 1870.

Which Texas counties had the most freedmen named Holliday?

Brazos County (4), Austin County (2), Guadalupe County (1). In all, 8 registered across 4 Texas counties between 1867 and 1870.

Sources

Figures come from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Registrars wrote each name as they heard it, so Holliday appears in the register in more than one form. About Enslaved Texas.

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